Why are we so reticent when it comes to discussing  money?   Clients will send out request for proposals looking for the sun, moon and stars but give no indication as to how much they have to spend.

Most web companies will try to accommodate both large and small-budget jobs but they really need to know what they are dealing with from the outset. You don’t have to give them your exact figures, just floor and ceiling ballpark amounts so that they are not working in the dark.

If  someone is costing a job for you it is important to know what end of the scale they are dealing with because:

• If your budget is small, you should let them  know so that they don’t spend hours putting together a proposal that you are not in a position to accept.
• Equally, if your budget is large, they should know that as well because there are cheap solutions and there are expensive ones and you don’t want them trying to sell you open source low-cost solutions that don’t fit your requirements when you can afford to pay for an all-singing-all-dancing custom-built solution.